Mathilda was born June 19, 1929, at Fordyce, to Zeno and Mathilda (Schmidt) Suing. She grew up in the Hartington and Fordyce areas and graduated from Holy Trinity High School, Hartington. She lived in Sioux City, Iowa, Omaha and Denver, Colo., where she did clerical work for several insurance companies. She moved to the Golden Living Community in February, 2008.

Mathilda loved swans, reading and the color pink. Her faith was very important to her and she made several trips to Rome to see the Pope.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a twin sister, Mary Ann Cisney; five sisters, Elizabeth Suing, Helen Suing, Madeline Cisney, Gertrude Laux and Catherine Kock; and four brothers, James, Jerome, John and Dan Suing,